William belcher



W. BELCHER.

Cigar Lighter.

Patented Oct: 2, 1866.

J77 veniow- UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

WILLIAM BELCHER, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNQE TO HIMSELF AND F. G. HICKERSON, OF SAME PLACE.

CIGAR- LIGHT.

To all about it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM BELCHER, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of. Connecticut, have invented anew Improvement in CiganLights; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connec tion with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a side View of a cigar having my lighter attached; Fig. 2, a sectional view of the end, and in Figs. 3 and 4 the construction of the lighter.

My invention is designed to attach to the end of the cigar a means ot'lighting; and it consists in a peculiarly-folded paper coated with any known substance which may be ignited by friction, and the paper so attached that by mllin u)on one end the necessar Y friction.

is created to ignite the lighter.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my improvement, I will proceed to describe the same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

A is a common cigar; B, the lighter, which is formed from paper, as seen in Fig. 3, the two side flaps a being used to secure the lighter to the cigar by any glutinous substance, as seen in Fig. 1. This paper, or the end (I of it. is coated with any material which will ignite by friction. The end f is folded, as seen in Fig. 4; then the end d folded under and re turned, as also seen in Fig. 4. Thus formed the lighter is attached to the cigar, as seen in Fig. 1; and when it is desired to light the cigar, take hold of the end (I and draw it out, as denoted in red. Fig. 4. This will create sufficient friction to ignite the paper, from which the cigar will be lighted.

These lighters are designed to be attached to the cigar by the manufacturer or seller, or may be by the consumer.

Having therefore thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The cigar lighter herein described, constructed and attached to the cigar substantially as and for the purpose specified.

\V. BELCHER.

Vitnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, JOHN H. SHUMwAY. 

